The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-25
THE NATIONAL TREASURY.
Interesting Figures From the Annual Re.
port of Treasurer HNRtt.

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port of Treasurer Hyatt.
! WAsIIINGToN, Nov. 1.-THE annual
report of Mr. James w. Hyatt, Treasurer
of the United States, shows that the rev.
enues of the Government for the fiscal
year ending June 30th, 1887, were 1871
4O3,217, and the ordinary expenditures
S267 1892, l79, the surplus receipts availa-
bic for the reduction of the public debt
being $l0S, ,097. As compared with
the previous year the receipts increased
1874, 1868 500, the expenditures $25, 49,
OIL, and the surplus revenues $9,5I4, 50!.
| There was an increase in every item Of
revenue, the largest being in the receipts
from customs The largest increase In
the expenditures was on account of In
dams and Pensions, and the largest de-
crease on account of interest on the pub.
lie debt. The receipts of the Post office
Department amounted to Sd, 752, 347
and the expenditures to 500, $3.50, S35. The
revenues, exclusive of deficiency apprO-
priations, increased $4,000, 1876 and the
expenditures $2,90l ,249. The amount
drawn from the Treasury to make good
the deficiencies in the postal revenues
was 5000, 1873, us against $S,7l4, 422 In
1886.
The operations of the year involved
the redemption of 1927, 81 $50 in United
States bonds, of which S47 1874, 200 was on
account of the Sinking Fund, the issue
of nearly 5000, 900 drafts and checks,
the redemption OF upward of $l93,000,-
900 in United States paper currency and
NantiOnal Bank notes, and the handling
of Sl92, 900, 900 in United States bonds
deposited or withdrawn by United
States Banks.
The shipment of legal-tenders and sill
yer certificates of small denominations,
together with the increase in the circula.
ton of silver coins, during the fifteen
months ended September Both, amounted
to upward of $lI9, 900, 600, while in adj
diti0n several million dollars in small
gold coins have been drawn into circula-
ton.
Under the provisions of the act of
June 8, 1872, certificates of deposit
amounting To $34, 100000 were issued
during the fiscal year for United States
notes lodged in the Treasury. The re-
demptiOns in the same period were $43,-
$4,000. There remained outstanding
June 30th only S9,020,000, which is the
least amount shown nj the end of any
fiscal year since the issue began.
There were no gold certificates issued
during the year. The redemptions
amounted to 1857, 1913.
The silver certificates outstanding ut
the close of the fiscal year amounted TO
Sl45, 543, $50, an increase of nearly 800
OOO, 900 in twelve nltaths. The amount
in the Treasury fell of in the same peri
cd from nearly S2S, 0OO, 900, to 81, 425, l33,
while the increase in the actual circula.
ton was IA little more than go, 100000.
The coinage of standard silver dollar
for the fiscal year was 1873, 1851, an
increase of 1887 ,926 over 1886. On
October 3lst the Treasury held $2l4, no.
632, and there were S62, 640,625 in circu-
lation.
Between June 80, 1856, and October
81, 1887, the fractional silver coin i'm the
Treasury decreased from $2S, 1904, 6S1 to
S24 ,i6S, l35, and the minor coin from
1917 ,S1I to SOL 400.
Between the end of the fiscal year and
October 3lst the number Of depository
banks was increased from two hundred
to two hundred and twenty. At the
the latter date the Treasury held bonds
of the market value of SAL, 048, 1926, to
secure $3l ,767 ,476 of public moneys on
deposit with these institutions, an in.
crease of over $9,000,001 in the market
value of bonds held, and of little more
than $S,OOO,0O0 in moneys secured, for
the period. The receiptsof public funds
by the banks during the year were $685.
1872, 769, making the aggregate from the
beginning of the system little short of
S4,500.0O0 coo. There was decrease of
sS4,0OS, 100 during the yearsin bonds
held 70 secure the circulation of Nation
al Banks, leaving ondeposit$l91 ,066, 700,
against which there was outstanding
sl6G, 625, 1858 in National Bank notes.
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